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French-Indian War (1756-1763)
The French and Indian War was a stage in the Seven Years' War, involving the British Empire's North American colonies against the French, each supported by Native American tribes. -
Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts were a series of English laws that regulated English ships, shipping, trade, and commerce with other countries and its colonies. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act aimed to fund the army by imposing a tax on all legal and official papers and publications in the colonies. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act mandated Great Britain to house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses, and if colonial housing was insufficient, they would be quartered in various buildings. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts introduced taxes on various goods, leading to a reluctance among the colonies to import British goods. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770, when nine British soldiers shot several of a crowd of around 400 people, who were verbally and physically harassed. -
Boston Tea Party
This was an event were the colonist went of British ships and dumped 342 chest of tea into the Boston harbor. -
Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts)
The Intolerable Acts were British Parliament's four laws punishing Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party, which inspired a revolution. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Petition emphasized the loyalty of the British crown and their rights as British citizens, and the Congress met as scheduled. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in a significant victory and widespread militia support for the anti-British cause. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a gathering of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies, united in support of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War, marking American independence from the British Empire. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" pamphlet significantly influenced the Thirteen Colonies towards independence, presenting a compelling and passionate case for their independence from Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, also known as the unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, is the founding document of the United States. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation established the functions of the United States' national government after declaring independence from Great Britain. -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
Shays's Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester, sparked by a debt crisis and opposition to the state government's increased tax collection efforts. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, held between May and September 1787, aimed to address the issues of a weak central government under the Articles of Confederation.